This crossword No. 17078 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Jan 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17078 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Timekeeper : STOPWATCH
8-across – Serious player? : MUSO
9-across – Computer background : WALLPAPER
10-across – Stunning achievement – perhaps military? : COUP
13-across – Not long : SHORT
15-across – Ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac : MONKEY
16-across – Solemnly declares : SWEARS
17-across – Acid produced by exercise : LACTIC
19-across – Charge : INDICT
20-across – All ____ the Watchtower, 1967 Bob Dylan song : ALONG
21-across – Checkout : TILL
24-across – Speared vegetable : ASPARAGUS
25-across – Strip of old wall? : LATH
26-across – Woodland home? : TREEHOUSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – People who work and play together : TEAM
3-down – Influence : PULL
4-down – Lack of interest : APATHY
5-down – Toast – US sitcom : CHEERS
6-down – Car or gun : AUTOMATIC
7-down – MOT copies : COMPOSITE
11-down – Polite chitchat : SMALLTALK
12-down – Protect with a vaccine : INOCULATE
13-down – Pigment derived from cuttlefish : SEPIA
14-down – Pluck a guitar string : TWANG
18-down – More intimate : CLOSER
19-down – Natural : INNATE
22-down – One way to stop a fight? : KAYO
23-down – Timid type : WUSS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.